Golf courses spring to life; Pine Valley to open Friday

7:07 PM,
Apr. 10, 2014

Pine Valley Golf Course near Marathon plans to open for the season Friday morning.

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Pine Valley Golf Course will open for the season first thing Friday morning, said Ryan Wendorf, head golf professional.

Pine Valley, seven miles west of Wausau, will open its doors at 7 a.m. and will have at least the front nine holes open for golfers. The back nine might also be ready by Friday, Wendorf said.

"A week ago, it was like, 'are we ever going to open?,' because we had 72 inches of snow this winter," he said. "But (this) week (of weather) has been pretty kind to us. ? All 18 greens came through really, really nice because there was no ice like we've had in the past. ...